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Vinegar Use #12: Defunk A Musty Closet
Oh, vinegar, how I love thee. Many of you are like me in that you want to save $$$ when cleaning your homes, while keeping thangs as non-toxic as possible. Enter the magic of vinegar. I’ve used this...
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What Do We Tell Our Children?
Bombings. Murder. Hatred. Heartache. Misery. Bloodbaths. Injustice. Deceit. We walk and live among evil; it is unavoidable. When faced with grim realities, what do we tell our children? What do...
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The Texting While Driving Lie
We tell ourselves we aren’t like them, that we got this thing, that we pay attention enough to text and drive. Uh-huh. To put it West Texas indelicately: bullshit. I’m not gonna lecture with stats....
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Texting While Driving Follow-Up
I couldn’t resist a follow-up on the texting while driving post once I ran across this infographic. Prepare to gasp. (credit: infographicsmania) Sobering, isn’t it? Be safe out there. Related...
View ArticleBoost Mobile vs Sprint
A year ago-ish, my Blackberry started to fizzle. I loved that phone, yet was no longer in contract at Sprint and thought I’d look around to see what I could find out about saving me some dough. The...
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Multifaceted Grandparents
Grandparents are good for more than candy-fueled trips to the zoo, we have an important role to play within society as a whole. Witness: The most shocking stat to me is that only 1 in 4 regularly uses...
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Are You Wearing Pants?
I’m a runner, always been a runner. As a runner, I’ve never owned a pair of yoga pants until recently when I needed extra protection during a mud run. Y’all remember this, right? I know it looks like...
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Baking Extracts: Are They Created Equal?
I bake a lot, and as a frequent baker, I’ve found what works for me when it comes to ingredients. Enter baking extracts: are they created equal? Um, no. Vanilla extract is a good point of reference....
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Father’s Day Gag Gift
OMGosh! How much shopping can one Grandmama do?! This is my last offering for Father’s Day gifts and I wanted to end it with something funny. Although, I’m not really clear why you’d give this to...
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U.S. Flag Primer
The 4th of July is right around the corner and that means lots of folks will be flying Old Glory, maybe for the first time. For some, the idea of putting up a flag makes them uneasy because they don’t...
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Internety Thangs
How ’bout a twirly whirl around the World Wide Web, today? I thought it would be fun to share some of the Internety thangs I love…like babies surfing the web! More Love: * Kit, over at DIYdiva.net is...
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Shift Your Perspective; Shift Your Life
I have been baking up a storm (today it’s pumpkin sweet rolls) on a foot that I burned on a hot sidewalk -so much so, that I can not run or even bike-and I lost all sense of time and realized that I...
View ArticleI Politely Turned Them Down
I don’t like telling people no, but I do and I will, especially if it means that by saying yes, I’d shortchange you, my lovely readers. Recently, I was approached by two companies to do reviews of...
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Start Thinkin’ About Your Christmas Videos
Listen, I think we know each other well enough now that I can confess I love technology in a bad way. And if said technology lets me connect with my child or grandchild in any way, I’m in. All that...
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What I’ve Learned
I thought it would be fun to look back over the last six months since Sweet E was born and see what I’ve learned (with apologies to Esquire). #1) The human capacity for love doesn’t spring from one...
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Never Give Up; Never Stop Dreaming
“One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dream. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it is a team.” ~Diana Nyad Diana is the first person to swim...
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Remembering 9-11
I wrote the following piece in 2010, but the sentiment is the same today. Bin Laden has since been found and killed, and while grateful, I take no comfort in a terrorist meeting his fate at the hands...
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Lifehack 101
You’ve seen the term, but maybe you’re not quite sure what it means. Let a granny help you out. Lifehack: stuff that makes life easier. If you Google the term you’ll find all kinds of ways to...
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Hipster’s Fashion Roots Point to Grandparents
As much as we think we’re fashion originals (hello…I wore red Chuck Taylor’s, men’s ties, and boy’s polos before it was cool), we’re all just a bunch of bogarting grandpa/grandma wannabes. Yeah, I’m...
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Magnetic Bowl Stickiness
I’m a take DIY matters into my own hands, kinda gal. I may not know how to do everything the way it needs to be done, but I’m game to try. That’s why Santa leaves stuff like a magnetic steel bowl in...
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